Luna Witch

This tutorial was written by me on September 7 using PSP X4.  All my tutorials assume you have some working knowledge of PSP and/or Animation Shop.

Supplies:

Tube of choice - I'm using a fantastic new image from Alicia Mujica.  You need a license to use her art and you can purchase tubes/license at her blog HERE.

Scrap Kit - I'm using an adorable kit from Designs by Sarah.  You can purchase this kit at PMTw/S.

Texture - I'm using a texture from kuschelirmel-stock.  You can download this texture HERE.

Mask - I'm using grunge mask 4 from Tonya.  You can download this mask HERE.

Font - I'm using Endora

Eye Candy 5000 gradient glow - dsb flux bright noise

To begin open tube, mask, and texture in PSP - minimize for now - open a new 700 x 700 image white background

1.  We are going to make the frame so copy/paste branch as new layer - position on left side of tag - duplicate - image - mirror - merge down - duplicate this layer - image - flip - merge down 

2.  Create a gradient using 2 colors from your tube - linear, angle 0, repeats 3 - add a new raster layer - floodfill with your gradient - layers - new mask layer - from image - apply your mask - delete original layer - merge group - new raster layer - selections - select all - copy/paste your texture into selection - deselect - apply your mask again - change properties on texture layer to overlay

3.  Copy/paste tree as new layer - resize - position on tag - c/p spiderweb as new layer - dsb flux bright noise settings your choice - drop shadow web and frame layers - use eraser tool to remove parts of web showing outside of frame

4.  Copy/paste grass as new layer - position - duplicate - image - mirror - duplicate again - image - resize 85% - position - duplicate this layer as many times as you want arranging along the bottom of frame - merge your grass layers together - drop shadow

5.  Copy/paste fence as new layer - resize - position along bottom of frame - drop shadow

6.  Copy/paste cage as new layer - resize - position on top left of frame - copy/paste candle as new layer - resize pretty small cause we are going to make it appear it is in the cage - when you are happy with the size of candle position it over the cage how you want it to appear - using your selection tool - freehand - trace around the parts of the candle you don't want showing - hit delete on keyboard - if you mess up just hit undo - once you are happy drop shadow candle and cage

7.  Close out white background - crop/resize tag to your preference - add copyright/license info and name - save as .png

That's it!!  Hope you enjoy my tutorial!!